AC Cobra
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Sep 11, 2026
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She drove way too fast.
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Shelby Cobra wasn't meant to last.
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Baby, I love the way that your dance moves so.
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Baby, do something, run away with me some more.
Greg StanleyHOST
So what are we
Greg IngoldGUEST
looking at here? So this is a Shelby Cobra Daytona.
Greg IngoldGUEST
So I mean, everybody is aware of the Shelby Cobra, but this is something really special.
Greg IngoldGUEST
This is their adaptation to be competitive at Daytona, Le Mans, all the big endurance races.
Greg IngoldGUEST
So this was sort of their skunk works development that they put together to be competitive with the likes of Ferrari back in the 60's.
Kevin ByrdHOST
But unfortunately that 08 market crash happened, right? And the next generation of GT didn't happen.
Kevin ByrdHOST
The Shelby Cobra didn't happen.
Kevin ByrdHOST
The GR1 like Daytona Coupe didn't happen.
Kevin ByrdHOST
So all of a sudden, all of that momentum, engine included, vehicles, engineering, everything just kind of shut down for about four years, maybe five years.
Evan SmithGUEST
We scooped everybody.
Evan SmithGUEST
And after that, because it never really went anywhere because of what Kevin just said, it just kind of died on the vine.
Evan SmithGUEST
Now the project – that engine or the architecture of that engine did get ultimately used by Ford on some – like the Ford 427, right? Like some other projects and then the – was it the Daisy? Even though it was only a prototype car, that car that looked like a Shelby Cobra? Yeah.
Evan SmithGUEST
It was it was called a Daisy.
Anthony CoronaHOST
He drove way too fast.
Anthony CoronaHOST
Shelby Cobra wasn't meant to last.
Anthony CoronaHOST
Meant to last, meant to last, meant to last.
Anthony CoronaHOST
Roll up the carpet for us, but you won't share it.
Anthony CoronaHOST
In Hollywood, we're a perfect prize.
Anthony CoronaHOST
He drove way too fast.
Anthony CoronaHOST
Shelby Cobra wasn't meant to last.
Anthony CoronaHOST
Meant to last, meant to last, meant to last, meant to last, meant to last, meant to last.
David LewisGUEST
Man, I'm big into, like, you know the movie Ford v. Ferrari that came out? Dude, ever since that movie came out, I've really loved, like, the Ford GTs, the old Ford GTs.
David LewisGUEST
It was the Shelby Cobras, like the 1968.
David LewisGUEST
Dude, those were one day.
JaggerHOST
Yeah.
AndrewHOST
But at the time, it was him and there was another bloke who had one and just drove around town.
AndrewHOST
But there was, like, Shelby Cobras and shit and, like – Sorry, not Shelby Cobras.
AngeHOST
Not the?
AndrewHOST
Yeah, the Falcon, two-door Falcon Cobra, the white one with the blue stripes, GT stripes.
Adam CarollaHOST
... it's not the body.
Adam CarollaHOST
So who figured that out? This is a re-skinned Cobra, and normally you have to homologate, make, you know, 50 examples of it.
Adam CarollaHOST
But you already had the homologation done for-
Pete BrockGUEST
Well, it was an interesting story
Adam CarollaHOST
... with the Cobra, right?
Pete BrockGUEST
What happened is that cars had to be, you build, build 500 cars, all right? Now, Ferrari was doing very well with his rec- car they called the short wheel base Ferrari.
Pete BrockGUEST
But as they went along to about third or fourth year, the E-Types and the Aston Martins were beginning to catch up with them, so they had to make some changes to the car.
7 MINS LATER
Adam CarollaHOST
I mean-
ChrisHOST
They were very fat.
ChrisHOST
You ever seen a Shelby Cobra replica behind? Some guys have these big, fat, wide tires on them.
CourageGUEST
It
ChrisHOST
was kind of like that on my Z.
IanHOST
Okay,
QuinnHOST
Shelby Cobra
IanHOST
for me.
QuinnHOST
Ooh, I love it.
Edwin KlinkenbergHOST
[laughs]
Francis BourgeoisGUEST
[laughs] I had that with the Cobra, Shelby Cobra.
Edwin KlinkenbergHOST
The Shelby Cobra.
Edwin KlinkenbergHOST
[laughs]
Francis BourgeoisGUEST
I was like, "The Shelby Cobra should, by all means, be my dream car." And after that day, I was like, "Never again."
ThomasGUEST
Yeah, he still, he still has a headache-
Francis BourgeoisGUEST
Yeah
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